Friday, 20 May 2016

Good luck getting that Chewbacca mask because it's sold out almost everywhere

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Talk about viral marketing. 


Just 24 hours after the world was introduced to Candace Payne and her "happy Chewbacca" mask in the most-watched Facebook Live video to date, the toy has flown off shelves and is now out of stock at virtually every retailer that carried it. 


The mask, which was sold in conjunction with last year's Star Wars: The Force Awakens blockbuster and makes electronic Chewbacca noises when worn, was the star of the viral video in which Payne live streamed herself giddily trying it on and laughing hysterically Thursday. 



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Tuesday, 3 May 2016

Aussie tennis player defends match point with the wrong end of the racket

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If you're going to lose, do it with the style of a sullen teenager.


Australian tennis player Bernard Tomic, 23, did just that on Tuesday, deciding for some reason to hold his racket in reverse while trying to "defend" match point at the Madrid Open.



The world number 22 tried, with the least possible amount of effort, to hit back the serve of Italian Fabio Fognini who was up 40-0 in a 5-4 set. Predictably, the ball sailed past the ridiculously small surface area of Tomic's racket handle. 



Tomic could have tried to win back three points in quick succession given he wasn't losing by that much, but nah, screw it. Tomic's appetite for bad behaviour has been a lingering issue for years, varying from accusations of lack of sportsmanship to getting arrested in Miami. Read more...


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